It isn’t enough to love; we must prove it.
THERESE OF LISIEUXWithout love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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I want to give myself totally to Him…I want to live no longer but for Him.
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For one pain endured with joy, we shall love the good God more forever.
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Jesus needs neither books nor Doctors of Divinity in order to instruct souls; He, the Doctor of Doctors, He teaches without noise of words.
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No harm can come to me since, in whatever happens, I see only the tender hand of Jesus.
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The loveliest materpiece of the heart of God is the love of a Mother.
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The greatest honor God can do a soul is not give it much; but to ask much of it.
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It is my weakness that gives me all my strength.
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If I did not simply live from one moment to another, it would be impossible for me to be patient, but I only look at the present, I forget the past, and I take good care not to forestall the future.
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Let us love, since our heart is made for nothing else.
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The value of life does not depend upon the place we occupy. It depends upon the way we occupy that place.
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You know well that Our Lord does not look so much at the greatness of our actions, nor even at their difficulty, as at the love with which we do them.
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Perfection consists in doing His will, in being that which He wants us to be.
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As the sun shines both on the cedar and the smallest flower, so the Divine sun illumines each soul.
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A word or a smile is often enough to put fresh life in a despondent soul.
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(Her last words) Oh! I love Him! My God, I love You!
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